Companies know teamwork is important but don’t truly understand what has to happen for a team to perform at its best. And what is the difference between team building and team coaching? Let’s face it, one day of Lego and building pasta towers is fun but does it really get down to the nitty gritty of what’s really going on at the heart of the team?

While team coaching is often called on when a performance boost is needed, other, reasons to consider team coaching include major team transitions, significant problems, differences in perspective, failing decision making processes, and undesirable team behaviours.

With coaches trained specifically in this challenging discipline, team coaching is an emergent activity where the coach and team work together to co-create the team’s coaching solutions. Plans inevitably change and evolve as the team’s needs become more evident.

Team coaching creates a psychologically safe environment for teams to build trust, develop stronger working relationships, collaborate and innovate, be creative. This enables the vital teamwork needed by organisations to thrive in our current challenging times.